The Ridge
On the
Civic holiday Monday, Aug. 3rd we were awake and up shortly after
6:30. I was happy to wake up since I was having a dream that wasn’t enjoyable. We
got up, made the bed and after washing and brushing my teeth, I drove into
Durham. It was a bit foggy on the country road but I always travel slow in the
morning anyway because of the possible deer sightings/crossings. It was 16C/61F but
not raining.
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| Who was I kidding thinking Chippy couldn't get on here? |
We got
some wind before we went to bed and pretty steady rain throughout the evening
and night. I think. There were no morning customers at the Mat so I set about
getting things cleaned up. It was one of those mid-dirty days and I put in the
hour paying a little more attention to the floors this time. On the way home, I
made a stop at Mitch’s to help him with something on his phone again. He isn’t
very app literate and it was on my way so I didn’t mind.
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| He had to spread some more gravel today |
Back
home, Bill had put the garbage down at the road. Our sanitation crew works
holiday Mondays, which is nice that we don’t miss our pick up since we only get it every 2 weeks. Our neighbours, in
the Journey, weren’t outside yet but Bill was. He’d been down to shovel a bit
of gravel although reported that it was wet and therefore heavier. I made my
tea and him another coffee. We sat outside around the firepit as Bill had started one to burn cardboard that he’d cut up.
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| Happy Hour! |
Soon
after, Ken brought their chairs over and they joined us for the morning. It was
starting to get humid and the sky was showing some blue occasionally. It wasn’t
going to be a washout today either. Good! We sat until 12 noon and then split
up to make and eat our lunches. Bill had a toasted tomato and cheese sandwich
and I had a plate with tuna, radish, lettuce, cheese, olives and cottage
cheese. Both of us were full.
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| Blue sky wasn't expected today so it was a surprise |
At the
time we came inside, it had started to spit so perfect timing. We remained
inside for a couple of hours, me writing the beginnings of my blog post and
searching for something I wanted to show Kim. No luck with that but Bill
managed to get his Quicken program downloaded onto his new laptop by using the
portable disc player I bought him last week. Now he can get things set up again to
his liking. I looked out and saw Jamie, Cheryl, Emma and Aaron pulling up the
drive. Emma was driving with her G-1 license.
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| A nice afternoon |
With $$
in my pocket for the month of July we chatted with them for a while before they
headed out for a ‘Sunday’-type drive to Meaford. It’s nice, as Kim said, that their teens
still like going with Mom and Dad. Bill then went down to shovel some more
gravel but it was short-lived. I sat with Kim and
Ken with my tea and when Bill came up, it was time for something stronger so I
finished my bottle of Girl’s Night Out wine. Only 3 glasses per bottle (?) I'm thinking as I turn it upside down.
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| A simple supper with no bun for me |
There
doesn’t seem to be a shortage of conversations, with everyone getting a chance
to voice an opinion on a given subject. Bill kept the fire going throughout the
day. Time passed and at 6:30 we decided we should be eating our suppers.
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| And our fire extended into evening |
The
rain was holding off and in between the clouds, the sun made it very hot. It was
a nice day. Bill grilled us burgers and inside I cooked ¼ of an acorn squash
and put salad on Bill’s plate. We topped it off with the last of our Jell-o.
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| It was a nice fire, Bill was burning up our 4 year old wood Unfortunately, the wind picked up by 9 and unless we bundled up and moved closer we were going to have to move inside We said goodnight and went to our own rvs. |
After
dishes, Bill and Ken sat outside for a while at the fire. I had a lotto ticket
to check so did that and finished writing my post before going out. Kim had also joined in. While we were sitting out this afternoon, we
got a call from Suzie saying that she planned on coming for a couple of nights,
either Wednesday or Thursday. That’s great! I will make sure the Bunky is guest-ready
by then. We’ve had a good day today without too much activity.
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| The sky to the northwest was pretty interesting! Good night! |
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for stopping by!